The list for the highest-grossing films of the Metro Manila Film Festival (MMFF) 2019 has been revealed, as its two-week run that began on Christmas Day ended on January 7. According to MMFF spokesperson Noel Ferrer in a Facebook post, the eight MMFF entries earned a total of P995 million gross sales in the box-office, or 4.5 percent short of the P1 billion target. In the same post, Ferrer detailed that “realistically, it would be hard to surpass last year’s record gross in the box-office because of the typhoon and the closing of some malls/cinemas in Visayas and Mindanao due to…
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Former anchor TV reporter Steve Dailisan is now a first officer — or, co-pilot — for the Cebu Pacific airline company. On Tuesday, he shared his career milestone by showing his company ID that bears his name with the long “eee-s”. The ex-journalist used to utter “Steeeeeve Dailisan” as his extro in his news reports, and that made quite a mark among the televiewers. In 2018, Steve left the broadcast industry to pursue his childhood dream to become a pilot. #Paraconsistent, as what the former Kapuso reporter said, he can still be called as “First Officer Steeeeeeve Dailisan”. “This is…
Liza Soberano and Enrique Gil will be teaming up soon for a new business venture. In a report by Pilipino Star Ngayon, Enrique revealed his and Liza’s dream of building a resort spa. The 27-year-old actor owns a property beside his beach house in Batangas where he plans to build the said business. “I got another property beside it that’s like a hectare sa may coastline na gusto ko gawing resort. Sabi ko, ‘Let’s just stick with the plan na lang. Let’s just sell this house and then let’s build the resort there,’” said Enrique. According to Push, the idea…
Even if she’s on a maternity leave, Anne Curtis managed to have an entry to the #TalaDanceChallenge — a throwback video of her and Tala hitmaker Sarah Geronimo performing the addictive song that now seems to be the nation’s dance anthem. Last Sunday, musical variety show ASAP Natin To! held the “Grand Tala Day” or a dance festival joined by celebrities and netizens who went viral for their dance covers, as well as the Tala Nation participants from different parts of the country. On the same day, Anne expressed her desire to join the event that reminded her of her past…
A tattoo artist went viral for designing a skateboard inspired by Manila Mayor Isko Moreno Domagoso. The artwork is based on the look and layout of a 20-peso bill but with the mayor’s face on it. Manila landmarks such as the City Hall, Jones Bridge and Andres Bonifacio monument are also featured. Bryan Villena, an artist from Balic Balic, Sampaloc, Manila shared why he chose the actor-turned-politician as his inspiration for the artwork. “Si Yorme kasi, ang viral simula ng maupo sya. Dun na nag-umpisa pagka-viral niya kaya naisipan ko siya ang gawin,” shared Villena. After being elected as the…
Prior to being called out by the National Historical Commission of the Philippines (NHCP), the Filipino-American Internet sensation Bretman Rock had already owned up to his mistake. The YouTube star had earlier made news after a video of him dancing to the tune of Lupang Hinirang resurfaced online. His act did not sit well with Filipino netizens who, in turn, brought it to the attention of the NHCP, the primary government agency responsible “for the conservation and preservation of the country’s historical legacies”. As a “response to complaints,” the NHCP released a notice to the public stating that “dancing to…
A new meme is born and it’s none other than “Dingdong DoneTest” or rather Dingdong Dantes. Been seeing Dingdong Dantes memes all over feeds? We can totally relate! Although it may seem like they had just sprung out of nowhere, these memes have been going on around the web. The memes made the Kapuso actor a trending topic on Twitter late Monday night ‘til Tuesday afternoon. The Descendants of the Sun star seemed amused by the latest craze — and it looks like he’s keeping tabs on it! He even picked out his favorite of them all: The “Dingdong DoneTest’…
Eat Bulaga’s Bawal Judgmental segment once again brought the whole studio to tears in the noontime show’s episode aired on Saturday. The segment became a top trending topic on Twitter for its episode that featured contestants who came out to their parents for the first time. Eat Bulaga co-host Maine Mendoza lauded the contestants who bravely outed themselves on live TV. She tweeted: “Bumabaha ng luha ngayon sa APT Studio. *sniffs* Coming out is not easy kaya proud kaming lahat sa tapang niyo to do it here. Isang mahigpit na yakap sa inyong lahat!” Other Eat Bulaga hosts and members…
Enrique Gil penned a heartwarming message for the “love of his life,” Liza Soberano, as she celebrated her 22nd birthday today. “Happy birthday my love ❤️ you truly are an angel here on earth,” Quen began his Instagram post. “You just give so much, so much happiness and love and just i hope that me and the world can somehow give all of that love back to you,” he said. He went on to admire his beau: “You’re not just drop dead gorgeous babe you’re the most beautiful human being I’ve ever met. Sometimes, it’s just too good to be…
Judy Ann Santos is glad that more cinemas are now screening her starrer Mindanao. The film appeared to have picked up momentum after dominating the 2019 Metro Manila Film Festival (MMFF) Gabi ng Parangal at the New Frontier Theater in Quezon City last December with 11 awards. These included Best Picture, Best Director (Brillante Mendoza), Best Actor (Allen Dizon) and Best Actress (Judy Ann). On Thursday, the Cairo Film Festival Best Actress shared the good news that Mindanao is already showing in over 100 cinemas nationwide. Her Instagram post read: “Direk! Balita ko more than 100 cinemas na tayo!!! Pasalamat…